George Wombwell (24 December 1777 – 16 November 1850) was a famous menagerie exhibitor in Regency and early Victorian Britain. He founded Wombwell's Travelling...
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Wombwell (locally /ˈwʊmwɛl/) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. In the 2011 census, data for the town was split...
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George Wombwell was a proprietor of Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie. George Wombwell may also refer to: Sir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet (1734–1780),...
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Sir George Orby Wombwell, 4th Baronet (23 November 1832 – 16 October 1913) was a British baronet. Wombwell was born on 23 November 1832. He was the son...
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The Wombwell Baronetcy, of Wombwell in the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 26 August 1778 for George Wombwell...
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George Wombwell, 1st Baronet (11 June 1734 – 2 November 1780) was Chairman of the Honourable East India Company and a Member of Parliament. Wombwell was...
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Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Baronet (13 April 1792 – 14 January 1855) was a British baronet. Wombwell was born on 13 April 1792. He was the eldest son of...
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From 1837 the Duke had known Louisa Beauclerk, third daughter of Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet, whom he later described as "the idol of my life and my...
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in 1825, when the property passed to the Wombwell family via the eldest son of her sister, Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Baronet. Roger de Mowbray founded the...
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Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet (14 March 1769 – 28 October 1846) was an English first-class cricketer with amateur status who played for the Marylebone...
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